Game

Krakout 1987

Developed by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.

  • Arcade, Action

Arkanoid-style Breakout clone, which unlike most other similar games has the bat on the side of the screen (there is a left/right option) instead of at the bottom. There are a number of types of special bricks, but unlike e.g. Arkanoid, they do not fall towards the bat. Instead, when you hit a special brick, it flips to show a letter. E.g. E (Extend bat), C (Catch ball), M (Missile), B (Bomb, explodes when hit by ball, clearing a number of bricks) and X (Extra life). The enemies/obstacles are more varied than in Arkanoid. Some make the bat freeze, some actually chew and eat your ball and spit out the core back at you!

ArcadeActionbreakout/arkanoid cloneblock-breakingBBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, PC (Microsoft Windows), Amstrad CPC, MSX

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Plot-driven, spare, earnest and intimate.

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  • sparerichly built
  • earnestironic
  • intimateepic
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